Shut Up And Listen 29

Monday October 1, 2001
Last Night
Note: column begins on Monday. Know why? Power went out last night. JUST as I was ten minutes into Enterprise. I didn’t watch it on Wednesday as I favoured That 70’s Show, Grounded For Life and The Drew Carey Show over it. Hey, those three shows have been good to me in the past. I knew Space would be running it on Sunday, so I waited. 
	Then the power went out. Pissed me off.
	It came back on at about midnight, I was asleep. 
	Ah well.

Chevett Poll: September Edition
Here are the results:

Question 1: Where Are You Going To Be This Fall? ?
1.) High School--6 votes--55% ?
2.) College/University--2 votes--18% ?
3.) Working--1 vote--9% ?
4.) On the street--2 votes--18%

Question 2: Who Da Man? 
1.) You da man!--3 votes--27% ?
2.) I da man--1 vote--9% ?
3.) Damn the Man!--7 votes--64%

Question 3: “Think for yourself and . . .”
1.) Question authority--5 votes--45% ?
2.) Masturbate--4 votes--36% ?
3.) Tell others what to do--2 votes--18% ?
4.) Obey Chad. Must obey Chad.--0 votes--0%

Question 4: My meme drugs are better than your meme drugs. 
1.) No they aren't.--3 votes--27% ?
2.) Okay, they are.--2 votes--18% ?
3.) What the fuck are “meme drugs“?--6 votes--55%

Question 5: Ever wake up naked, alone and covered in grape jelly? 
1.) Yes--2 votes--18% ?
2.) No--3 votes--27% ?
3.) Still haven't washed it off.--1 vote--9% ?
4.) Mmmm . . . grape jelly.--5 votes--45%

Thanks to all who voted. A new poll should be up by now. Go vote there too.

A Big Thank You
Thanks to everyone who visited the site this month. Record numbers here with 1039 hits for the month, which is like more than every other month combined. And a really big thanks to those who let me interview them as they were the main draw here. 
	Thanks!

Tuesday October 2, 2001
The English Language
One day in writer’s craft the teacher was talking about “lazy language” and how it is rampant in our society. Words like gonna, gotta, wanna, essentially, the evolution of language. We are taking two words and making one word. Some may call it lazy, I call it evolution. We did it before and will do it again!
	And while I’m on the subject, I think I’ll talk a little about our hypocritical society when it comes to language. Sort of.
	I find it weird how the older you get, the longer your answers have to be. In school, apparently, we are beyond the two line answers. My question: what happens if we answer the question in two lines? I find that I am a concise speaker and often say what I want in one sentence instead of long, drawn out paragraphs. Shouldn’t we be looking at content over length? In class I answer a question in like five seconds and then think shit, I should talk some more and end up repeating myself 3 times. I feel dumb and some people notice.
	Look at famous quotes: how long are they for the most part? One or two lines, right? We say that these are great sayings and they are short, but it is impossible to answer a simple law question in the same amount of space.
	And I actually wrote a bit more on that than I thought I would have . . .

Wednesday October 3, 2001
Enterprise
I know you are all just waiting to see what I have to say on the new Trek, aren’t you?
	It was . . . not bad, but not good.
	First off, hate the Captain. I usually hate anyone who rejects the only source of actual knowledge anywhere and this Captain seems to do that all the time. I hated Picard when he did it to Q, too.
	Secondly, the uniforms seem to be the next step in the uniforms we are accustomed to. The colours for each department match the time (the only thing that seems to), but these uniforms should be much more similar to those in the original series. There should be no pips. Why would they have pips, get rid of them and then bring them back? Makes no sense.
	Thirdly, I find it funny how the series shows the other side of the recent terrorist stuff in the US, sort of. In the premiere, the humans are complaining about Vulcans telling them that they are not ready for certain things. Do it the Vulcan way. Listen to them, they are smarter. And the humans resent it. How is that any different from what the US and other UN countries have done to Middle Eastern countries? We’re just telling them what to do. Do it our way. We’re right, you’re wrong. You’re not ready for this and that. Kind of funny how the show is showing the other side as the heroes and us as the big bad know-it-all enemies.
	Fourthly, while I’m on the subject of reading too much into TV, why the name Enterprise? The timing of the original in American history: the Cold War. A “war” of capitalism against “communism.” Enterprise has all to do with capitalism. Was Roddenberry really saying that the US is number one? There have been comparisons made between the Russians and the Klingons, so maybe the name had something to do with that too. 
	Just some thoughts.

Thursday October 4, 2001
Talking Through Physics
Yeah, that’s what Lunchbox and I did with our law teacher today. We didn’t mean to, honest. We just said something as we were leaving class and the next thing we knew it was the end of the day. At lunch I wanted to go home. I’m glad I didn’t.

I Am Such A Tool
Okay, there’s this girl that annoys the fuck out of me. And I mean, she ANNOYS THE FUCK out of me. Last week or the week before, I can’t remember, she asked me to help her type up some four-line thing at school. I didn’t want to. I really didn’t want to. 
	But she has breasts and is a female, so I did.
	I have come to the realization that as long as there is a chance, even a small one, of having sex with someone (10 times out of 10 a chick) then I will do what is asked of me.
	On the bus I hate sitting with others and yet I moved my bag for this chick too.
	Although, to be fair I did move it for another chick, but I like her. She’s nice and is cool.
	So, to any women out there (wonder if there are--if you are, e-mail me just so that I know), if you ask me to do something, I’ll do it.
	I have no choice.

Saturday October 6, 2001
Wannabe
You know how some white people want to be black? They walk around in “street” clothes, listen to rap and hip-hop, and talk in “street” slang. I’m like that except with the British.
	Yes, like many other people I know, I am a wannabe Brit. I use some slang like “sod off”, “bloody”, “wanker” and yesterday I used . . . “bog.”
	I believe this comes from the writers I read. They all come from the British Isles in same way. I don’t use an accent yet, but I fear I might soon.
	My name is Chad . . . and I’m a wannabe Brit.

Goddamn Sister
My sister, the older of two who are both younger than me, is the most inconsiderate person I know. It’s not big things, just the little stuff. Examples:
Never cleans the hair-catcher we have in the shower. NEVER.
Yesterday, my umbrella wasn’t opening (there seems to be an unwritten rule in my house: Chad gets the shit umbrella) and she didn’t even offer to share with me. All I wanted was an offer, but no, she used it and I got soaked.
This morning I was awoken to the sound of her shitty music. With her music she is the most inconsiderate person around. She has no respect for what others are doing if it’s a “good” song. I’m all for loud music, but not when others are sleeping. And she gets pissed when my TV is just a little too loud at night sometimes. 
There are more, but I won’t bore you anymore with them.

Interview With . . . No One!
Yeah, I don’t have one this week. But fear not, as I have a few more on the horizon, we’ll all just have to wait a little. I sent out like ten e-mails last week and have gotten a response of some kind from many (no no’s, a few “ask in a few weeks/months” though). So I guess you’ll have to be content with just my own rantings and shit.